Chapter four

CHAPTER 4:

"What do you mean? I'm not sick for fuck's sake." Adrianna said in a low tone. She was starting to get really annoyed at Roman.

"I know you're not sick." Roman began, his voice was slightly shaky. And as the minute passed by, he noticed Adrianna's face was getting darker.

"You lied to me! You said we were going sightseeing and now we are at a hospital. What the hell am I supposed to see here?" Adrianna said, her voice raising an octave.

"Relax, baby." Roman said in a low and sweet tone, trying to soothe her.

The way he called her baby made Adrianna raise her brows in surprise. She felt touched but then she wasn't a fool to let him get away with his lies.

"Listen, Dian...hmm, you know you were at the auction house, right?" Roman started, the gears in his head were turning as he thought of what to say. He had almost called her Dianne again but he was able to stop himself in the nick of time.

"Yeah? You got me from the auction house. I'm fucking sure, it's Lucy and Dave that got me there." Adrianna yelled and started to pace around in anger.

On the other hand, Roman sighed, he was frustrated. Adrianna didn't even let him complete his words. The Dianne he was used to wasn't like this. His resolve to get her checked, strengthened.

"Calm down, baby." He said and caught hold of her hand in order to stop her from pacing.

He quickly said, "You just got back from the auction house. It is known widely that there are germs, viruses, and the like there. You could be infected and we need to be sure you're safe."

Roman concluded and he immediately patted himself on the shoulder. He had come up with such a great lie.

"Ahhh…" Adrianna gasped immediately.

"You don't mean that, do you?" She asked, her hands immediately clutching her stomach, her chest, and her head.

"Am I infected? Will I get sick?" She asked as she was starting to get scared.

"You will be fine, baby." Roman said quickly. A small smile started to creep onto his face.

"C-can we go in, now?" She asked, stuttering at first.

Even though Roman had been lying to her, in a way, he was right.

"Sure, let's go." He said and stretched his hand toward her.

At first, Adrianna was skeptical about taking his hand but then she saw the sincere look on his face.

In one swift second, she took his hand and Roman immediately held onto her tightly. On the other hand, Roman brought out his phone and then texted his doctor.

He didn't want to conduct any tests to check for any infection. He just wanted to get Adrianna's head checked.

"Are you sure I'm going to be okay?" Adrianna suddenly asked. All of a sudden, she was acting really docile and Roman was starting to feel like she was really Dianne.

Soon, they were in the hospital building. There was a long line of waiting patients but then Roman was able to skip the queue. After all, he was the next Alpha.

In two minutes, Roman was in the doctor's office and the doctor ushered them to two seats.

"Welcome, your highness." The doctor addressed Roman and then turned to look at Adrianna.

"It's good to have you back, Dianne." The doctor greeted Adrianna but she frowned.

"I'm not…" She wanted to object to the doctor but Roman was quick to interrupt her.

"She's fine, doctor. We need to get a few checkups done." He said, immediately and Adrianna frowned. She was quick to drag her hand away from his hold.

"Why would he interrupt me?" She said to herself, grumbling.

On the other hand, Roman sighed for the nth time that day. The Dianne he knew would always like to touch him but the girl before him detested his touch, or so he thought.

"Oh, a few checkups." The doctor replied. He had gotten Roman's text message and he knew just what to do.

"The test is going to be conducted in the next room. It's for the VIPs and there is everything you would need." The doctor explained and Adrianna nodded nervously.

She had forgotten about her irritation toward Roman and now she was concerned about what was going to be the outcome of the test.

"After you, Dianne." The doctor said, as soon as he stood up.

Adrianna stood up as well and didn't even care to glance at Roman.

Immediately after she took two steps, she passed out. But before her body could touch the ground, the doctor caught her in his arms.

"Get off my mate!" Roman growled from behind and immediately took Adrianna's body in his arms.

"Lead the way." He ordered.

On the other hand, the doctor wasn't one bit annoyed at Roman's attitude. He knew how attached one was to his or her mate.

He immediately led the way to the room for the check-up and Roman followed behind.

Getting into the room, Roman could see the room was wide. It was filled with modern and expensive types of equipment.

An EEG machine was in the room and the doctor directed Roman toward it.

"I'll check her brain activity, Roman." The doctor stated and Roman nodded his head.

He immediately placed Adrianna on the stretcher and his eyes dimmed. He wasn't happy that he had to make Adrianna pass out before he could get a test done on her.

But then she needed to be asleep for the test to take place.

"I need to know if she has lost any of her memories." Roman said, with a frown on his face.

He promised himself that he would make it up to her.

"Has she been acting really strange?" The doctor asked. He was genuinely concerned about Adrianna whom he perceived to be Dianne.

Dianne was known to be calm and collected and she won the hearts of everyone through her deeds.

"She claims she is not Dianne. And she claims she doesn't even know what a pack is. Hell, she didn't even know my name." Roman complained, his voice was a bit strained now. He was so simple-minded that he didn't care if the doctor knew about his problems.

At his words, the doctor was incredibly surprised. He took a second intent look at Adrianna and didn't want to believe Roman's words.

However, he still had to conduct the test.

The doctor had started to conduct the check-up but then Roman made no move to get out of the check-up room and the doctor didn't mind.

On the other hand, Adrianna's face was calm but Roman could still spot folded skin in the middle of her eyebrows.

"Even in her sleep, she is still frowning." Roman said to himself.

No matter how he looked at it, she looked like the girl he knew but then her character was a stark difference from his gentle and docile Dianne.

Eventually, Roman decided to be calm. He would get the results of the test in due time.

Roman watched as the doctor started to mark Adrianna's head with a special pencil.

He was incredibly fascinated by what was going on and he stared intently.

"Careful." Roman said, in a low voice as the doctor attached electrodes to Adrianna's scalp.

His eyes dimmed and he wished he was in Adrianna's place but then he couldn't.

He made a resolve to take care of her, if she had even slight brain damage.

The electrodes were still placed on Adrianna's scalp for almost thirty minutes.

All this while, Roman had been glancing between Adrianna and the video that was recorded during the EEG.

He watched as Adrianna's brain waves were recorded and he couldn't wait for the results.

Thirty minutes later, Roman was out of the check-up room with Adrianna in his arms. He had a grim look on his face.  

"Thank you, doctor." He said to the doctor and then proceeded to walk out of the door.

All this while Adrianna had been asleep and immediately she was placed in the back seat of the car, she woke up.

"Mummy…" Adrianna called out sleepily. She sounded like a little girl and Roman frowned.

She had a hurtful look on his face and he was sure he had never seen that facial expression on Dianne's face.

However, Roman didn't make an effort to tell her that they were done with the test. He proceeded to sit in the driver's seat and as soon as he was settled, he heard Adrianna's question.

"Are we done?" She asked, as she sat up in the car seat.

"Yeah, we are?" Roman said, not even glancing at her.

His eyes were focused on the road before him as he started to car.

On the other hand, Adrianna was confused about his nonchalant attitude toward her. But then she was concerned about the test result.

"What is wrong with me? Am I infected?" She asked, with a worried look on her face.